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Balatbat PRODUCT NAME

Licuala spinosa Wurmb. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Balatbat
Local Name: Balatbat (Bisaya); Ugsang (Balabac, Palawan, Moro).
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Product Description: A palm small size, has fan-shaped leaves
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Countries Found: Philippines
Description: is found near the sea of Palawan and in the Calamaines Island, sometimes growing immediately back of the mangrove and within the influence of salt water, sometimes on banks and in ravines near the sea

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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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